Symbian is a software licensing company,
owned by wireless industry leaders, that is the trusted
supplier of the advanced, open, standard operating system
- Symbian OS - for data-enabled mobile phones.
Symbian was established as a private independent company
in June 1998 and is owned by Ericsson, Nokia, Panasonic,
Motorola, Psion, Samsung Electronics, Siemens and Sony
Ericsson. Headquartered in the UK, it has offices in Japan,
Sweden, UK and the USA.
Symbian has close to two decades of experience developing
software technology for mobile computing devices and mobile
phones.
Symbian's role as a driving force for the wireless industry
is internationally recognized. This is reflected by key
partnerships with leading-edge technology companies worldwide.
The world's first open Symbian OS phone became available
in the first half of 2001:
the Nokia 9210 Communicator.
By setting the standard for wireless computing and telephony,
Symbian brings together the wireless value chain. Symbian
OS drives standards for the interoperation of data-enabled
mobile phones with mobile networks, content applications
and services:
A platform for wireless
services
Symbian delivers an advanced, open, standard operating
system to its licensees. Symbian OS is flexible and scalable
enough to be used in the variety of mobile phones needed
to meet a wide range of user requirements. Symbian OS
supports complex requirements of network protocols worldwide
and enables a broad, international, developer community.
Providing wireless services
Open standards ensure global network interoperability,
allowing mobile phone users to communicate with anyone,
any way, at any time. The compelling advanced data services
that operators can provide on Symbian OS phones will
help minimize churn and maximize revenue.
Developing wireless services
Software developers are able, for the first time, to
build applications and services for a global mass-market
of advanced, open, programmable, mobile phones. A set
of standard application programming interfaces (APIs)
across all Symbian OS phones and the advanced computing
and communications capabilities of Symbian OS, enables
development of advanced services.
News Mobile phone manufacturers
have adopted a new operating system – Symbian Operating
System (OS) – that has significantly greater ability
to meet an increasing range of user requirements.The
latest Symbian OS enabled phones including the Nokia
9210 Communicator, Nokia 7650, Nokia 3650 and Sony Ericsson
P800 are well accepted by major mobile users around
the globe, especially in europe and asia-pacific region.
Latest Sony Ericsson P800 related news:
Latest 7650 related news:
Latest 9210(i) related news:
Headlines news
is provided by Rafe Blandford, the webmaster of All
About ER6. All About ER6 is a website dedicated
to news and information about devices (phones and PDA's)
using the Symbian ER6 operating system. ER6 is Symbian
Epoc Release 6 Operating System for the next generation
of mobile phones and PDA. The Nokia 9210 Communicator
is currently using ER6.
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